dinghy sling davit

Aside from imparing your field of vision, difficulties in docking and boarding your vessel it could be an alternative to stowing the dingy and motor.

I bought the St Croix portable crane for my 65lb dinghy motor Our ai floor dinghy can be stowed, towed or lashed to the fwd deck.

RWS
 
Looks interesting but I do not see how the inflatable will not bounce around while underway and rubbing against the transome.
 
I have a question into them about the rubbing and will post what they tell me. I did read in another forum that a user with it said it did not bounce around do to the way it is secured. But again when they get back to me I will post.
 
the dingy in the photo looks like an inflatable. if its that light the best place for it is straped to the foredeck either inflated or not. better weight placement and if left in the attitude in the photo, there is a pretty good chance of filling the bottom part with water and no way to drain it. tieing it to the transom all the way up and leaning against the back of the transom is a better way to keep the water out.
 
RWS;
How do you like your St. Croix crane? Do you think it would work to help sling the dinghy onto the foredeck?
 
CHC,
We love the st Croix mini crane. It can be disassembled and stowed in less than 5 minutes.

There is a bigger model available, and you COULD get 2 sets of brackets to allow attachment to your bow rails, however you would have to calculate the horizontal "pull" that would be exerted when you go to pull that dinghy up the side of the boat. Assuming you could do this, you'd be draging that dinghy up the side of your boat. Then you'd have to wrestle it over the rail and onto the foredeck.

I considered this and chose not to do it.

My airfloor dink weighs 82 lbs naked. If necessary I can get it onto the foredeck with some help.

Otherwise I can tow it behind if I'll need it again or slide it into the cockpit, rinse it off and deflate it for storage - the bad part here is not having the time to allow it to dry before collapsing it.

we can assemble everything from scratch, dink, crane, motor fuel and lines in exactly 30 minutes.

It's the cleaning off that adds time to the stowage procedure. (plus bucket flushing the outboard.

RWS
 
I considered it, but the cost was too much. I opted for 4 straps.

I pull the dinghy onto the platform (standard type - not the 'integrated' style) and use two straps tilt it to an angle, and the other two straps are very short to attach the other side of the dinghy to the boats transome. $20

Might not look 'pretty' but works great - very secure, 20+k and 4' breaking chop is buzzards bay - beating us up pretty good - dinghy never moved.
 
RWS
Thanks for the input. We'll probably get one of the cranes for the motor lift exercise & posibly use the Weaver snap davits for enroute work when we're not towing.
 
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Originally posted by Flutterby

two rocks----got any pictures of your rigging???

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Not yet...most of the boat pictures were from the dinghy. I'll take some at the dock in the next week or so.
 
I'm going to bump this thread to see if anyone has any thoughts/experience on/with the dinghy sling product the OP mentioned. I know there's all kind of davit systems out there but the sling seems intriguing as it doesn't require any installation and could have multiple purposes (like securing the same dinghy to the foredeck for long trips when quick access is not needed.

TIA

Jeff
 
I rigged a set of slings, under and around a 10 foot hard dinghy I carried on a set of davits on an ocean crossing motor sailor. The slings took most of the weight after the dinghy was hoisted into position. They kept the dinghy from working back and forth from the davit blocks. The straps should work--but DIY--for much less.
 
Well I think I am going to take the plunge with the sling. I have a video I got from the maker with it strapped to his boat and going 40. I can send it if you want. I also like the idea I can leave my engine on.
 
If your engine is a 4 stroke I'd be careful leaving it on a system like that.
 
LOL. I'm with you. I can't find anything on this product other than the sales content so I guess it can't be too bad since ppl tend to post unsolicited negative reviews much more than positive(unless they haven't sold any yet).
 
I'll get some pictures this year of my $10 strap setup. It fared very well last year in some nasty stuff (heavy spray bow to stern).

I have a 2-stroke that I remove, concerned about the weight and stress on the mounting points of the dinghy (easier to lift and lower as well).

Will go nice with my pant leg fender covers idea just posted ! :-)
 
So...I went for it and finally got to try it out on Monday on the way back from a raft up and I must say once I figured it out it was easy to use. Unfortunately, (as you can see in the pictures) I misplaced two of the straps and had to substitute in lines (which I think will work out better in the long run anyway) but all-in-all it worked out rather nicely and it was great to not have to look over/around the dink on my foredeck.

dinghySlingy.jpg
 
BUMP.
So how do you like it so far?
I've been wanting to buy one for my Cruisers 300 Express.
Thanks.
 
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